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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Bush administration claim about John McCain in 2000 which lost him the vote in South Carolina?
(a) He fathered a Black child out of wedlock.
(b) He cheated on his wife with a Black woman.
(c) He was not a United States.
(d) He had not paid taxes for over 10 years.

2. How does Lalami say her editor responded when a famous columnist asked her to sit on his lap?
(a) He told Lalami she should do what she is told.
(b) He told the columnist to be respectul.
(c) He fired the columnist.
(d) He laughed.

3. What event does Lalami believe got her fired from her first post-grad school job in L.A.?
(a) She missed several important deadlines.
(b) She refused to go on a date with her editor.
(c) She was almost always late for work.
(d) She refused to hug a TV producer.

4. What author does Lalami quote as saying, "How extremely expensive it is to be poor" (129)?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) Richard Wright.

5. What did many Republicans conclude about Christine Blasey Ford's testimony?
(a) She was being untruthful.
(b) She was telling the truth, but identified the wrong perpetrator.
(c) She was being paid by Democrats to lie.
(d) She was telling the truth and thus the Supreme Court nomination should not proceed.

6. What was the median household income for white families in 2017?
(a) $25,812.
(b) $61,372.
(c) $98,743.
(d) $45,876.

7. What does Lalami say is the "absence of race" (94) in "Tribe"?
(a) White.
(b) Asian.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Black.

8. What term did Robin DiAngelo term which refers to the umbrage she claims many whites react with when being told that they likely profit from systemic racism?
(a) White fragility.
(b) White anxiety.
(c) White frailty.
(d) White privilege.

9. What is the first thing Lalami cites in "Do Not Despair This Country," as a path to equal citizenship in America?
(a) The right to physical privacy.
(b) Access to quality healthcare regardless of race or class.
(c) Ensuring quality education for everyone.
(d) Ensuring equal voting rights for all.

10. What two adjectives does Lalami use to describe the "fiction" (112) of race?
(a) Alarming and Useless.
(b) Foolish and Crippling.
(c) Seductive and Elastic.
(d) Alluring and Frail.

11. At the start of "Tribe," Lalami states that white people tend to be uncomfortable discussing what subject?
(a) Sex.
(b) Politics.
(c) Race.
(d) Gender.

12. What was Lalami required to do at home as an adolescent which her brother was not?
(a) Run errands.
(b) Clean.
(c) Do yard work.
(d) Make small household repairs.

13. Why does Lalami suspect her daughter quickly gave up speaking Arabic when they returned to the United States?
(a) Kids at school made fun of her.
(b) To feel a greater sense of belonging.
(c) Because she had nobody to speak Arabic with.
(d) She quickly forgot the language.

14. At what age does Lalami say she began to experience harassment in Morocco?
(a) 12.
(b) 21.
(c) 16.
(d) 8.

15. How old was Lalami's daughter when they moved to Casablanca where she could learn to speak Arab?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Inheritance," what does Lalami say happened when she chose to write about being sexually harassed in her editor's office years earlier?

2. In "Tribe," what does Lalami say about the way non-white people are often treated in public spaces, particularly those "characterized as elite" (107)?

3. What is a question Lalami says is often asked when women accuse a man of sexual assault years after it is said to have occurred?

4. How much was Lalami's first apartment in Los Angeles, which she describes at the start of "Caste"?

5. While Lalami lived in Koreatown, she writes that Govern Pete Wilson ran in favor of Prop 187. What did this policy propose to do in regards to immigrants?

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